Pranking in Action
This is Sirius Black here with the Gryffindor Oracle, bringing you into the very depths of pranking itself. As you may know, I am part of an elite group known commonly as 'the Marauders' who specialize in causing trouble. Now, for the first time, you will get to see an actual prank.
There are several requirements that are necessary when you want to play a prank: you must have friends (four is a good number), a victim (Snivellus Snape is excellent), pranking supplies (check Zonko's), and a plan. The plan is easy--you sneak out of the common room, play the prank, and come back. But the details of pranking itself are much more subtle. One of our favorites is easy, quick, and requires no preperation at all. It is pranking at its basic-est.
This prank is called the 'coin' trick, and it usually costs about a Sickle or so. What you do is this: take a Sickle and put a Permanent Sticking Charm on it, then stick it on the floor outside the Great Hall or any classroom, preferably where there is a spot nearby to hide. When people come by, watch them as they try to pick up the coin and snigger hysterically. It's especially funny if the person stops when they have a full armload and can't move it with their foot, so they drop everything and pull on a Sickle stuck to the floor. Taking pictures also adds to the hilarity and can sometimes give you insurance (blackmail). This has been Sirius Black with the Gryffindor Oracle, helping you with your favorite pranks. Now your reporter is off to play some pranks.
Hogwarts students have problems, from O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s to boy/girl relationships to Potions homework. To help Gryffindor students with their problems, you can...
Ask Moony
Dear Moony,
Why am I so depressed?
-Depressed
Dear Depressed,
Don't they have drugs for that?
Moony
Dear Moony,
Sirius won't leave me alone! And he took a picture of me trying to pick up a Sickle! What was wrong with it? Why won't it move?
-Pranked One
Dear Pranked One,
HA!
Moony
Dear Moony,
Where, exactly, is Alberquerqe?
-Misspelled and Clueless
Moony
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Lion's Roar
The gossip has been hot and heavy this week, with romances heating up as spring is definately in the air. Sirius Blask has been seen with no less than six girls--his own personal harem, it would seem. Do these girls know about each other? that's the question our readers are asking themselves as they watch Sirius carry on his double-dating stunt and wonder how much longer this can last.
But one couple that stays reassuaringly the same is, again, reassuaringly the same. James will always love Lily and Lily will always reject him, right? James, this morning, passed Lily a note that seemed to be crudely written love poems, which made Lily blush then become extremely angry as James had a glass of orange juice thrown on him by his extremely violent crush. Maybe they'll get together and have twelve extremely violent children.
This has been Alice Remerta with Lion's Roar, the Gryffindor gossip column. Have any juicy tidbits of gossip? Share it with me--slip it under dorm room 10 and it could appear in Lion's Roar!
Lioness Poetry
The Lioness has picked a poem this week from the fifteen sent to her room and would like to say thank you to all the participants! The winning poem(s) follow.
There once was a person named Lily,
she was really really pretty,
but she slapped my face,
and said no to my dates,
Oh how I love thee, oh Lily!
A fifth year
House Points Currently:
Gryffindor: 405
Hufflepuff: 404.7
Slytherin: 413.4
Ravenclaw: 399
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